Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who was forced to flee the country earlier this year due to widespread protests against his government has left for the United States. According to sources, Rajapaksa was accompanied by his wife Ayoma Rajapaksa as well as his son Manoj Rajapaksa and his family. Rajapaksa is said to have taken an Emirates flight via Dubai to the US in the early hours of yesterday.